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Mud Hole Custom Tackle buys Merrick Tackle Center
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Mud Hole Custom Tackle, Inc., the world’s largest supplier of fishing rod
building and tackle crafting products, has completed its acquisition of
Catskills-based Merrick Tackle Center of Shandaken, N.Y., a 54-year-old global
tackle distributor and fishing components supplier.
Thomas McNamara, President of Mud Hole Custom Tackle said:
“The acquisition expands Mud Hole’s offerings for customers and complements
its global presence in the rod building, fly tying and tackle crafting
industries. It also reinforces Mud Hole’s focus on growing its wholesale
distribution channels and educational how-to classes across N. America.”
Mud Hole Custom Tackle offers the world’s largest and most comprehensive
selection of private label and popular brands of rod building, fly tying and
lure crafting products. It’s also the leading component provider to custom rod
builders.
“I have the utmost respect and admiration for Merrick Tackle President Scott
Greenberg, his mother Joyce and father Roy,” said McNamara. “Any business
successfully operating in the fishing tackle industry since 1959 is a testament
to their work ethic, enjoyment of the sport and ability to adjust.”
“When I purchased Mud Hole Custom Tackle in 1998, Merrick Tackle Center was
one of our main suppliers,” McNamara said. “Now 16 years later with the
completion of this acquisition, Mud Hole stands alone in the distribution and
wholesale side of the tackle crafting industry. We look forward to providing
our existing and newly acquired customers with the highest level of customer
service and product selection ever offered in tackle crafting.”
Named for the Long Island south shore town where it was founded, Merrick Tackle
began as a retail store growing a strong customer base with a mail order
catalog. When his father retired in the early ‘90s Scott took the business
wholesale moving it to the Catskills.
In a letter thanking his customers Greenberg said in part:
“Merrick Tackle has been a family business for over 50 years, and I’ve been
associated with the company for 43 of those years. You can imagine my mixed
emotions in making the decision to sell the business assets to Mud Hole Custom
Tackle, Inc., which will be serving you and fulfilling your needs from now on.
It is time for me to take a sabbatical from the daily challenges of running a
small business, renew my spirit and explore new options.”
Mud Hole Custom Tackle is the world’s largest rod building e-retailer and mail
order catalog company, the leader in custom rod building, fly tying and lure
building components, plus educator of those popular fishing activities as well.
It houses over 45,000 item SKUs in its inventory at its expanding headquarters
in Oviedo, near Orlando, Fla., providing fishing products to anglers across the
U.S. and over 100 countries worldwide.
For further information contact Mud Hole Custom Tackle at 407-447-7640 or email:
sales@mudhole.com